The best ending

Robert Stirling · Post by **Robert Stirling** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:34 pm

Similarly to the pts thread I'm starting discussion about the endings - another characteristic and indispensable elements of every Bond film. Which of them was the best?

Here's my list:

1. TSWLM ("Keeping the British end up, sir.")
2. TMWTGG (slow boat to China)
3. LALD (Baron Samedi's laughter)
4. OHMSS (I don't like the film much but the death of Tracy was really moving scene)
5. OP ("James!" - nobody can scream it like Maud Adams)

Moore · Post by **Moore** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:46 am

1. TSWLM
2. TMWTGG
3. TWINE
4. LALD
5. TND (Let's stay undercover

)

Post by **Dr. No** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:46 pm

1 dr. no (what else was I going to say

)
2 tnd
3 gf
4 lald
5 TSWLM

Captain Nash · Post by **Captain Nash** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:22 pm

Some odd choices there TMWTGG and TND

Well each to there own.
So I'll go with :

1. On Her Majestys Secret Service
2. Casino Roayle '06
3. Doctor No
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Thunderball

Post by **Skywalker** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:18 pm

I can't really do a top 5 at the moment as every time I try, I end up changing my mind.

I like the ending to MR (highly amusing and typical Moore) and FYEO (Although cheesey). CR's ending with Mr White was also up there for me.

Captain Nash · Post by **Captain Nash** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:33 am

Skywalker wrote: CR's ending with Mr White was also up there for me.

Why so shocked. It was a great great ending for a Bond film.
"The names Bond...James Bond." Music starts, credits roll. Brilliant.

Harvey Wallbanger · Post by **Harvey Wallbanger** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:49 am

1.)OHMSS
2.)The Spy Who Loved Me
3.)Goldfinger
4.)Thunderball
5.)From Russia With Love

the ending of CR was lame because they went for 3 endings like LOTR Return of the king -if it had been a built up to one ending it might have been ok. -still he said the line too late -it could have been a question -Bond, James Bond?-and DC wasn't JB in the last frame

Captain Nash · Post by **Captain Nash** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:14 am

Give it a rest you tart.

Moore · Post by **Moore** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:40 am

For me, ending of CR is very similar to one scene from Batman. He kicks ass of two thieves and they asks him who the hell ya are?. Batman, he replies and jumps out of the building

Post by **The Sweeney** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:02 am

Harvey Wallbanger wrote: -still he said the line too late -it could have been a question -Bond, James Bond?-and DC wasn't JB in the last frame

In your opinion.....

Harvey Wallbanger · Post by **Harvey Wallbanger** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:15 am

The Sweeney wrote:
Harvey Wallbanger wrote: -still he said the line too late -it could have been a question -Bond, James Bond?-and DC wasn't JB in the last frame
In your opinion.....

yes thats why I said it.

if CR's ending hadnt gone up and down 3 times -like lotr- IMO it would have a better ending.

Post by **The Sweeney** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:21 am

Harvey Wallbanger wrote:yes thats why I said it.

That's why forums were invented....

Count_Lippe · Post by **Count_Lippe** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:51 am

Thunderball has a good ending

But wouldn't it be more appropriate to list your favourite end battle scenes, since the endings in Bond films are often relatively similar with 007 and the girl together in some kind of vehicle or something like that.

Post by **carl stromberg** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:58 am

I liked the end of LicenceTo Kill.

I can see why the end of Casino Royale would be popular if you bought into the CraigissavioroftheJamesBondfilmseries myth which has been built up. I didn't like Craig's interpretaion of Bond in CR, and therefore enjoyed the end as it meant it was the end of the film and I could stop watching....

Captain Nash · Post by **Captain Nash** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:01 am

carl stromberg wrote:I liked the end of LicenceTo Kill.

I can see why the end of Casino Royale would be popular if you bought into the CraigissavioroftheJamesBondfilmseries myth which has been built up. I didn't like Craig's interpretaion of Bond in CR, and therefore enjoyed the end as it meant it was the end of the film and I could stop watching....

But you still helped the sensational global box office...

Count_Lippe · Post by **Count_Lippe** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:15 am

Connery in the 60s version of Casino Royale

poirot · Post by **poirot** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:13 pm

I have to go with Thunderball, because that ending says a lot about why James Bond is so special. Of course, today it would spark an online discussion about why they should've employed a more realistic method of retrieval.

Runners-up:

The Spy Who Loved Me
Pretty much the quintessential ending for a Bond film. It didn't establish the blueprint, but it did refine it. (So much so that it was recycled five more times.) There are certain things everyone knows about a James Bond film, and the ending where he gets laid is one of them. On a side note, I have always loved the fact that Roger Moore explains, "They're never going to know," even as they float into harm's way.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Whenever it airs, I have to see two things: Tracy skating up in time with the music, as well as her death. If I miss either, I'm going to be upset. Unfortunately, a cable network will always trim the most crucial part of the ending- those final notes that play over the image of the broken windshield.

Thu May 24, 2007 10:31 am

Poirot wrote:The Spy Who Loved Me....Pretty much the quintessential ending for a Bond film.

Hopefully when Craig leaves they will have a normal actor playing Bond and another fun ending like this.

Captain Nash · Post by **Captain Nash** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:39 am

Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:
Poirot wrote:The Spy Who Loved Me....Pretty much the quintessential ending for a Bond film.
Hopefully when Craig leaves they will have a normal actor playing Bond and another fun ending like this.

Hope you're a patient person Dom.
But why can't Craig have a great ending???
Oh wait he already has. CR was a great ending for a Bond film. One of the best in my book. Right up there with the likes of OHMSS, TSWLM and TB.